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` No. 724,493. f PATENTBD APR.7,1903.

G. I. PEAGOGK.

OILER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. zo, 1902.

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GEORGE JAMES PEACOCK, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTHTO HENRY V. POTTER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 724,493, dated April'7, 1903. Application filed January 20, 1902. Serial No. 90,5270. (Nomodel.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE JAMES PEA- COCK, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oilers, ofwhich improvement the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in oilers,and relates particularly to an automatic oiler which is adapted to oilthe flange of street-car wheels at the time of rounding curves.

In the operation of street-cars it is well known that a Very largepercentage of the wear upon the wheels is caused by the action of thewheels against the curves in the track when turning from one street intoanother street running at right angles thereto, and it is necessary toemploy men to keep the rails of the track well greased or oiled at thecurves to obviate the Wear to as great an extent as possible to preventtheA tightening of the wheels against the curved rails. My inventionaims topautomatically oil the flanges of the wheels as the car roundsthe curve, and in use upon trucks known in the trade as pivoted trucksthe device is automatically brought into engagement with the flanges ofthe wheel, while in use with trucks known as rigid trucks-that is,trucks that are not pivoted'to the body of the car, but are rigid withthe body of the car-the oil is applied by the motorman operating thelever having action with the oil-cups to bring the latter intoengagement with the wheels.

In theaccompanying drawingsI have shown a practical illustration of myinvention in connection with both a pivotal and rigid form of truck, andin the drawings like referencenumerals will be used to designate likeparts throughout the several views, in which- Figure lis a sideelevation of a pivoted cartruck, showing my improved device in positionwith a part of one of the oil reservoirs or tanks in section. Fig. 2 isa top plan View of a portion of the truck, showing the device inposition. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the rigid truck, showing theconnections with the oil-cups for bringing the lattervinto engagementwith the flanges of the wheels.

In Figs. l and 2 the form of truck shown is known as the pivoted truck,which operates on a king-bolt connected with the body of the car. Inthis construction the oil tanks or reservoirs l are suitably connectedto the body 2 of the car, the tank or reservoir being placed upon eachwheel. Each tank or reservoir is provided with a suitable opening 3,through which the oil is introduced into the tank or reservoir. Thesetanks or reservoirs are provided in opposite sides near the bottom withoutletports 4, said ports being formed in the side walls of the tank andthrough the nipple or bushing 5, to which the pipe 6 is attached. Thesepipes 6 are curved and extend downwardly toward the carwheels 17 andcarry on their ends a rubber cup S 8 8 8', in which is placed thetilling of waste 9 or like substance. These cups are made so as to tover the ends of the pipe 6, and they hang in yposition a short distanceabove the Ilanges of the wheel 7. With trucks of the pivotal type itwill be observed when the truck is rounding a curve that the car movingin one direction the wheel 7may be brought int-o engagement with thewaste projecting from the cups 8 and 8"and the oil fed to the flanges ofthe wheel, while when the car is passing around a curve in the oppositedirection the anges of the wheels may be brought into engagement withthe waste carried by the cups 8and 8 and the oil fed theretoin a likemanner. These cups are preferably made of rub ber or like material, sothat they may be easily removed when desired. The packing of waste orlike material in the cup serves to normally close the outlet for theoil, and when the waste comes in engagement with the flanges of thewheel the oil will be readily fed to said flanges in a manner well knownin the art.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings the reservoirs l are of the same constructionas employed in connection with the pivotal type of truck; but the curvedpipes 6 are preferably made of flexible hose. The oil cups 8, attachedthereto, may be ot the same form as those A heretofore described. Inusinga device of this form of rigid truck I connect a cord, chain, orlike device l0 to the flexible hose 6 and connect this cord or chainwith a small lever ll, suitably placed where the motorman may operatethe same with his foot to actuate the cord or chain lO and move theWaste carried by the oil-cups into engagement with the flanges of thewheels as the latter are rounding a curve. These cords or chains are soconnected to the flexible hose that the waste in two of the cups will bebrought into engagement with the wheels on each side of the truck whenthe latter is rounding a curve in one direction and that the other twocups will be brought into position when the waste is to be engaged bythe Wheels whenthe car is passing in the opposite direction. Thepressure of the wheel-flange against the Waste causes the ready feed ofthe oil onto the flange, and as soon as this pressure is released theWaste in the cup is again saturated with oil in the reservoir or tank.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an oiler, an arm in fixed relation to its support, an oiling-mopcarried by the arm,

. the mop being in such relation to the wheel 2. In adevice of the typeset forth, the coinbination with an oil-reservoir secured to the body ofthe car, of pipes extending from opposite sides of said reservoir and infixed relation thereto, with means carried by the pipes for feeding oilto the wheel when the pi pe-su pport moves With relation to the wh eel,said means extending to opposite points on the side of the wheels.

3. A device of the type set forth, consisting of an oil-'reservoirsecured to the body of the car, and carrying at opposite ends thereofmeans for feeding the oil, Ithe means being in xed relation with Vthereservoir and extending to opposite points on the side of the Wheels,

said feeding means being adapted to contact with the side ofthe wheel onwhich they extend when the means move with relation to GEORGE JAMESPEACOCK.

In presence of Louis MOESER, M. HUNTER.

